Career
He earned an athletic scholarship and played college football at Utah State University in Logan, and was a co-captain of the team and an All-Skyline Conference tackle. One of the few rookies to start for head coach Vince Lombardi, he enjoyed an eleven-year As a Packer, he played a role in their unprecedented three straight NFL Championships (1965-1966-67) and victories in Super Bowls I and World War II Traded to the San Diego Chargers, Aldridge played two seasons in San Diego before retiring from professional football in 1973. After retiring, Aldridge worked as sports analyst at WTMJ-television in Milwaukee and for Packers radio and National Broadcasting Company until manifesting paranoid schizophrenia in the late 1970s.
Homeless for a time in part due to misdiagnosis, he eventually reached a form of equilibrium.
He became an advocate for the homeless and the mentally ill until his death in 1998. His advocacy work included serving as a board member for the Mental Health Association of Milwaukee and working as a speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.